Monthly Archives: February 2012

Make Plans – 5 Bottle Shows this coming Weekend!

PHOENIX | WEST MICHIGAN | SARASOTA | INDIANA | CONNECTICUT 24 & 25 February 2012 (Friday & Saturday) Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Antiques Bottles & Collectibles Club, Joined by the AZ Antiques & Collectibles Club Antique Show, Friday 24 February … Continue reading

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2012 Baltimore 32nd Annual Antique Bottle Show and Sale

This is the big one folks. My FAVORITE show. The largest one-day bottle show in the world with over 300 tables! 04 March 2012 (Sunday) Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club presents its 32nd Annual Show and Sale, Sunday, … Continue reading

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Meet John Akers – A Collector and his Cartoons

I would like everyone to meet John Akers (pictured above) who is one extraordinary collector with a sense of humor. I really get a chuckle because John seems to know exactly which funny button to push for us passionate and sometimes crazy … Continue reading

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Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks

Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks 16 February 2012 *Post amended 21 February 2012 with Dana Charlton-Zarro information and Dave Maryo image. * Post amended 09 April 2012 with additional Pitkin Ruins image of archway. Jeff Noordsy (visit … Continue reading

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Crescent Bitters from Crescent City

Crescent Bitters from Crescent City 16 February 2012 (R•051814) (R•071315) NOLA, The Big Easy, Crescent City, N’awlins…all names for the great city of New Orleans, Louisiana. NOLA: New Orleans, Louisiana, duh. Big Easy: “The Big Easy” became the official nickname for … Continue reading

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Telegraph & Telephone Poles carrying some Beautiful Glass

Telegraph & Telephone Poles carrying some Beautiful Glass 15 February 2012 I like juxtaposition in life and contrast. The unexpected beauty of finding and collecting glass insulators has always intrigued me. I wanted to do a post of some interesting … Continue reading

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75 Porcelain Telephone Signs & Related Items in next Pole Top Discoveries Auction!

If you haven’t yet heard…Ray Klingensmith and Pole Top and Glass Discoveries is having TWO Winter Auctions. These include: Pole Top Discoveries’ Auction #66 
Insulators & Signs, Online Bidding Begins: Sunday, February 19.
 Insulators & Signs, Sale Closes: Tuesday, February … Continue reading

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Double Pontiled Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters

Double Pontiled Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters 14 February 2012 [Incoming email from noted collector and dealer Jack Stecher] Hi Ferd. Enjoyed looking at your recent post on color run of Greeley’s. Especially liked the plum colored variant. Overall, very nice run. I … Continue reading

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Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles

Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles 12 February 2012 (R•012614) (R•010919) This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a wholesale druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor (Antique Bottle & Glass … Continue reading

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Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run

Peach colored Bourbon Whiskey Bitters added to Color Run 12 February 2012 (R•110214 update with advertisement above) Yesterday I completed photography for two (2) new peachy coppery barrels that will join my run of  the popular figural barrel form of … Continue reading

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